Shoe heel



Dec. 25, 1934. A, BRANCA 1,985,651

SHOE HEEL Filed June l, 1953 Agasi'w Branca 3mm Gttornegs Patented Dec. 25, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention aims to provide a simple means whereby the lower lift of a shoe heel may be attached to the shoe heel, without causing the nails to enter and split the wood of the heel, the lift being secured to a base which, in its turn, is attached in a novel way to the woodenshoe heel.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed,` may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 shows in side elevation, a shoe equipped vwith the device forming the subject matter of this application, parts being broken away, and parts appearing in section;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view at right angles to the showing of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the lift;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan of the baseA which is attached to the wooden shoe heel;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan of the wooden heel;

Fig. 6 is an elevation showing a modification in the rib of the heel;

l Fig. 7 is an elevation showing the base which is used with the heel shown in Fig. 6.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing, there is shown a shoe 1, it being understood that the term shoe means any kind of an article of footwear. The upper of the shoe is designated by the numeral 2, and to it is attached a wooden heel 3.

On its lower end, the wooden heel 3 has a rib 4 which extends from the back of the heel to the front of the heel, as shown in Fig. 5. Therib 4 preferably is rectangular in cross section.

The numeral 5 designates a base, preferably made of fibre. The base 5 is provided in its upper surface with a groove 6, shaped to receive closely the rib 4 of the heel 3, the groove 6 extending from the front of `the base to the back thereof. The base 5 is supplied with a counter-sunk hole 'l opening into the groove 6.

A hole S-may be bored in the wooden heel 3, and is small enough to make a tight hold for a combined securing element and heel reenforcement 9, such as a screw, which is threaded into the heel. The screw 9 passes through the hole '1 in the base 5, and the head of the screw is received in the counter-sunk portion of the hole 7. The groove 6 in the base5 may be of any desired depth, and the rib 4 on the heel 3 may be of any desired height. 'I'he grooveV 6, for instance, may

`the lower surface of the base 5.

There is provided a lift 12, which may be made of leather, rubber, or any other suitable material. The lift 12 is secured to the base 5 by attaching elements 14, such as nails, vthe nail holes in the lift 12 being marked by the numeral 15 in Fig. 3. The nails 14 are not long enough to enter the wooden heel 3, and, consequently, the heel will not split. It is a matter of common knowledge that it is exceedingly dimcult tonail a lift to the lower end of a wooden heel, without splitting the heel. 'This cannot happen in the device forming the subject matter of the present application, owing to the fact that the bre base 5 is interposed between the lift l2 and the lower end of the heel 3, none of the securing nails entering the wooden heel. At the same time, the base 5 is securely attached to the heel 3, by means of the screw 9, the rib 4, and the groove 6.

In Figs. 6 and 7, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numerals previously used, with the suix a. The modification consists in forming the groove 6a in the base 5a of dove-tailed cross section, the rib 4a on the heel 3a being shaped accordingly. The device shown in Figs. 6 and 7 has some advantages in the way of security, the structure shown at 4-6 in Fig. 2 having the advantage of simplicity and ease of manufacture.

In connection with the screw 9, it is to be observed that this screw serves to hold the part 5 up tightly against the wooden heel 3. Furthermore, the screw 9 is of importance in use, in that it prevents the wooden heel 3 from breaking crosswise.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a wooden shoe heel provided on its lower surface with a' downwardly extended rib prolonged from the front of the heel to the back thereof, a fibre base having a correspondingly shaped groove receiving the rib and extended across the base from the front of the base to the back thereof, means for attaching the base to the heel, a covering surrounding the heel, and having its lower end extended `inwardly upon the lower surface of the base, a lift engaging the inwardly extended end of the covering, and securing elements extended through the lift and into the base, the securing elements terminating short of the heel.

AGOSTINO BRANCA. 

